André Gigante was born in Porto in 1980. He studied Arts at Soares dos Reis School of Arts and concluded his degree in Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) in 2006. André is a collaborator and co-author of several architecture projects at the José Gigante architecture firm since 2006 and has designed projects as an individual author since 2008. In 2009 creates Alvará, a musical intervention group. By the end of 2011, he was the co-founder of bonjourmolotov, a visual arts and multimedia studio, focusing on illustration and painting, graphic design, photography, animation, motion graphics and creative writing, where he currently works.

His works in the fields of photography and painting were exhibited in several countries, such as Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Mexico and Switzerland, in both individual and collective shows, and in venues such as the Triennale di Milano, the Arena del Museo Camberotti in Latina, the Piazza Palazzo di Città in Turim, the Piazzetta dell’Anfiteatro Romano in Aosta, the Festival della Creatività in Florence, the Piazza Sant’Oronzo in Lecce, the Istanbul Design Week, the Museo del Acero in Monterrey, the M.A.X. Museo in Chiasso, the Fundação Escultor José Rodrigues, the Museu da Misericórdia do Porto (MMIPO), the Centro Cultural do Alto Minho, the Cooperativa Árvore, the Auditório Municipal de Gondomar, the Bienal Internacional de Arte Gaia, the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP), the Escola Superior Artística do Porto, the OLHO Animation Film Festival, the Festival de Cinema in Avanca, the Casa da Cultura in Estarreja, the Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações, the Espaço Mira, the Hotel and Tourism School of Porto, amongothers.

Over the years, André has seen his work featured and awarded in several platforms. Examples of that are his publications and exhibitions in the architecture field, both national and international, as well has nominations for the Enor Awards and Habitar Portugal Awards; the workshops developed for the Experimenta Design Biennale 2015, co-produced by ESAD - School of Art and Design, and the 2nd place in the Competition for the design account of the São João National Theatre, in the design field; and the features in Photo Magazine, Author of the Month in Shot! Magazine, the feature in the Good 50x70 - Second Edition publication and the online selection of the Magnum curators for the Magnum Awards 2016, all in the photography field. Also of mention are some of his published written works, as is the case of “O Pavilhão Carlos Ramos”, a piece published by FAUP Editions, on the work of the architect Siza Vieira.